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CA ON00093 2018/2 · Fonds · 1945-2009

Fonds consists of reports detailing the many experiments and developments that took place at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment and its predecessors from 1946 to 2009. There are 5 series:

  1. RCAF Test and Development Establishment Reports (1946)
  2. Experimental and Proving Establishment Reports (1946-1950)
  3. Central Experimental and Proving Establishment Reports (1949-1968)
  4. Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment Reports (1965-2009)
  5. General Files (1945-1946, 1987)
Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
CA ON00420 AET · Discrete Item · [1967?]

The item is one copy of multiple duplicate albums created by the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE) to commemorate its project to break the altitude record in 1967. The Canadian record was set by Wing Commander R.A. White in the CF-104 Starfighter 12700 at the Canadian Forces Base Uplands in Ottawa. The aircraft reached 100,110 feet. The album consists of black and white photographs or photo composites showing the CF-104, White, the ground crew and other personnel preparing for the flight and after its successful completion. The documents are copies of letters of congratulations to White from the Minister of National Defense and the Chief of the Defense Staff, as well as a memorandum from the Chief of the Defense Staff to the Commander of the AETE. The diagrams are copies showing the flight profile, the climb angle, and the altitude over time. The album has a hand-written dedication to Joe by R.A. White written on its first page.

Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment